In its own words on X: "A community supported research lab - exploring new mediums of thought and amplifying the imaginative powers of the human species." Midjourney posted the Midjourney V8.1 launch from @midjourney on Apr 14, 2026.

How many views did Midjourney V8.1 get on X?

436,960 views. Midjourney posted it from @midjourney on Apr 14, 2026, and the post has 1,398 likes, 181 reposts, 91 quotes, 142 replies and 324 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.

Was Midjourney V8.1 a big launch on X?

It ranks #930 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 67% of them and 2.5x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.41%, against a median of 0.48%.

How did Midjourney V8.1 do on X?

Midjourney posted the Midjourney V8.1 launch from @midjourney on Apr 14, 2026. The post has 436,960 views, 1,398 likes, 181 reposts, 91 quotes and 142 replies, an engagement rate of 0.41%. It ranks #930 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.

Midjourney V8.1 launch post media — Apr 14, 2026 · 436,960 views

2.5xthe median launch175K median views
#930of the launches we trackout of 2839
0.9xits own following463,119 followers

Views: 437K
Likes: 1.4K
Reposts: 181
Quotes: 91
Replies: 142
Bookmarks: 324

What would these views cost to buy?

At $100 per 1,000 views, the rate a brand pays an agency charging $100K for one million views, 437K views would cost $44K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 2.3x what this post got, for about $25K.

The post reached about 0.9 views for every follower of @midjourney.

What launched?

Midjourney released V8.1 with native 2K HD rendering that is 3x faster and 3x cheaper than V8, plus image prompts, Describe and new moodboards.

How does it compare with other launches?

Midjourney V8.1 has more views than 67% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 2.5x the median launch's 175K views.

Midjourney V8.1437K
Median tracked launch175K
#1: xAI Voice Cloning204M

Views on the launch post, read from X on Nov 14, 2026.

Metric	Midjourney V8.1	Median launch
Views	437K	175K
Engagement rate	0.41%	0.48%
Views per follower	0.9	2.8
Quote posts	91	27
Saves per 10K views	7.4	14.2

Other Midjourney launches we track: Midjourney Niji V7 (2.2M views), Midjourney V1 Video Model (2M views), Midjourney V7 (1.8M views), Midjourney Omni-Reference (1.4M views), Midjourney Web editor (719.1K views), Midjourney V8.2 (555K views). All 14 Midjourney launches, or every ai launch.

Against launches like it

A launch only means something against comparable ones. These are the groups it belongs to, and where it sits in each.

Compared with	Launches	Median views	This one	Rank
AI launches	1,462	263K	1.7x	#591
Accounts 100K to 1M followers	909	252.6K	1.7x	#317
Image launch posts	620	143.1K	3.1x	#180
Every launch	2,839	175K	2.5x	#930

What this launch shows

From an account with 463.1K followers, the post reached 0.9 times the account's following. Launches from accounts 100K to 1M followers reach a median of 1.0 times their following, so this one went about 97% as far as usual for its size. It ranks 317 of 909 launches from accounts that size.

It drew 91 quote posts, 2.1 per 10,000 views against a median of 1.7. More people than usual added their own take, and a quote post is what carries a launch to audiences the account does not have.

The first line is "V8.1 is live! Our iconic aesthetics are back w native 2K HD rendering - 3x faster and 3x cheaper vs V8. Full quality V8.1 1K mode is fast…". The post runs 52 words, against a median of 39 for launch posts here, and leads with an image: image launches have a median of 143.1K views, against 186.1K for the rest.

There is no link in the post. Launch posts without a link have a median of 184.9K views in the tracker.

It went out on a Tuesday (UTC). Tuesday launches have a median of 192.3K views, the strongest day in the tracker.

Every comparison is against the 2839 launches in the tracker, read on Nov 14, 2026. Medians, not averages. See the state of launches on X for the full breakdown.

Questions about this launch

What is Midjourney?: In its own words on X: "A community supported research lab - exploring new mediums of thought and amplifying the imaginative powers of the human species." Midjourney posted the Midjourney V8.1 launch from @midjourney on Apr 14, 2026.
How many views did Midjourney V8.1 get on X?: 436,960 views. Midjourney posted it from @midjourney on Apr 14, 2026, and the post has 1,398 likes, 181 reposts, 91 quotes, 142 replies and 324 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
Was Midjourney V8.1 a big launch on X?: It ranks #930 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 67% of them and 2.5x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.41%, against a median of 0.48%.
What would 437K views on X cost to buy?: At $100 per 1,000 views, the rate a brand pays an agency charging $100K for one million views, 437K views would cost $44K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 2.3x what this post got, for about $25K.

Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/midjourney-v8-1, read from the post on X on Nov 14, 2026. Free to cite with a link (CC BY 4.0). Get every launch as JSON.